The British Bridge World

SUCCESSOR TO THE CONTRAcr BRIDGE JOURNAL: MEDIUM FOR ENGLISH BRIDGF; UNION NEWS

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VOLUME 11 February 1961 , NUMBER 2

Editorial

BERNARD WESTALL (CHAIRMAN)

GEOFFREY L. BUTLER

TERENCE REESE

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Editorial ·... 5-6 Whitelaw Week-End, by Terence Reese 7-12 London and. the South, by Jeremy Flint ...... - 12-17 British Bridge World Agents 15 Shadow Teams of Four, by Ronald Bowman 18-20 The Tqllemache Final, by Harold Franklin ... 22-25 New Sequences in the Culbertson 4-5, by H. 0. Worger ... 25-27 One Hundred Up: Repeat of January Problems 28 You Say ...... 29-30 One Hundred Up: February Problems ... 30-31 Directory of E.B.U. Affiliated Clubs ' ..• 32-33 Result of January Competition 33 E.B.U. Results ... 34-35 European Championship Appeal Fund 35 One Hundred Up: Answers to January Problems ... 37-45 Subscription Form ... 45 E.B.U. List of Secretaries ... 46 E.B.U. Master Points Register. 47 "Division '2" Trials ... 47 Croydon Congress Results 41 Diary of Events 48

4 Editorial

TEXAS BID aftermath _ of the Bourchtoff- America's team for the four­ Delmouly "affair". These players cornered world champio_nship at were of the opinion that the Buenos Aires in April will be Federation had borne too hard Silidor and Kay, Gerber and on the accusers, Svarc and Boul­ Hodge, Schenken and Leventritt, anger, in excluding them from the with Frank Westcott as non­ trials for Torquay. playing captain. Gerber and Hodge, who come from Texas, RIGHT-LEFI' are known in Europe only by The American reputation. Silidor, Kay and League has produced a booklet Schenken all played at Turin. of , 350 selected hands from Leventritt was in the · team that matches at Turin involving the played .for the Crowninshield three American teams and France, trophy in 1951 and has. played Britain and Italy. The deals are for the U.S.A. in New York.. a~companied by a fac~al account The Argentine team that will of the play-no subjective com­ represent the South American ment. The lay-out is excellent Bridge Federatio11 · is similarly except for . -one very tiresome experienced. The six players are feature-the bidding always starts Cramer and Castro, Rocchi and with North, ~so that West is on Calvente, Dibar and Bosco. All · the right of East and one has to except Cramer and Bosco played _ study the auction with cross-eyes. in New York in 1959. (I trust that the bidding records for Torquay will avoid that FORCED CHANGE deplorable error.) The booklet Italy is expected to field the ·is available at 2 dollars, 50 cents, so-called that has post paid, from A.C.B.L., 33 won so often in the past. If so, I West 60th Street, New York 23, don't see them being beaten. N.Y. France will have to make at least one change from the team SAFETY MOVE that won the Olympiad, for J ais The E. B. U. announces that is one of many leading players season tickets, price £2 lOs., to who have resigned from the watch the play in the European French Federation. This is an Championship at Torquay, afford- s ing both to the playing at the Droitwich Congress: rooms and to Bridgerama, can be Noted expert: "You see that ordered now from Miss D. But­ row of palookas?" land, 26 Old Torquay Road, Partner: "Yes?" Paignton, Devon. Noted expert: "I could have THE EXCEPTION won this pairs with any one of Dialogue after an open pairs them-but you!" ·

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6 Whitelaw Week-End by TERENCE REESE

Thfrty-two teams entered for The bidding went as follows: the Whitelaw week-end at the WEST EAST Grand Hotel, Eastbourne - an Mrs. Macdonnell Miss Coen excellent tum-out for the middle 1+ 20 of January, the more so as many 3+ 3NT of them were of a somewhat 4\/ S+ scratch nature. Camp-followers No also assembled in large numbers Some critics held that East as the week-end progressed. should force in hearts rather than The Whitelaw is played as ·a in the suit where she lacked tops, knock-out, with no duplication but Two Hearts might also create of boards-a. factor that makes a problem. The real mistake in for poor kibitzing and arduous this auction, ·surely, was the bid reporting. of Five Clubs. Four Spades was

First Day1 the obvious move, and that would The first round contained no have led at any rate to a small dramatic clashes and no surprises. slam. Two fancied teams met ill the. However, . only two match second round-Miss Shanahan, points were lost, for at the other Mrs. Juan, Mrs. Durran, Mrs. table: Hiron against Mrs. Forbes, Mrs. WEST EAST Lester, ·Miss Coen, Mrs Mac­ Mrs. Hiron Mrs. Durran donnell. Forbes and Lester played 1+ 20 . an excellent first half against 2\/ 3NT Durran and Hiron, and as they 4\/ 4NT were well supported the half time No score was 21-0. They won the · Diamonds not being led, thir­ second half 24-15, displaying top teen tricks were ma.de. form apart from this hand: ' East intended her 4NT to be WEST EAST conventional, but West took it + Kx + AJ 10 as natural, showing something ~KJ8xx ~AQ9 of the nature of +AQ and 0 ~ 0 J 10 9 X OAKQJxx. Here, again, I think • K Q 10 X X X • A X X that East should have bid Four 7 Spades over Four. He~rts. . If Mrs. Whitaker doubled on the West could then btd Ftve. Dt~­ South hand. Mrs. Markus eventu­ monds to show the votd-tt ally toiled in Two Diamonds, one could hardly be natural support down. after the previous bidding-the At the other table South over­ grand slam might be reached. called One Heart, which I regard as preferable to the double. West The favourites, meanwhile, were bid Two Clubs and South Two making heavy weather of both Hearts, which was passed all their matches. . Mrs. Gordon, a round. The defence began with a flu victim, did not play, so the club to the 10 and a spade was team consisted mostly of Mrs. returned. Declarer won, crossed Corwen and Mrs. Oldroyd, and to dummy with \?A, and ducked Mrs. Whitaker playing with either the heart return. Thus. she lost a Mrs. Higginson or Mrs. Markus. heart, three diamonds, and a club ln their second matCh, having to tie the board. · been four- up at half time, they As the cards lie; a diamond beat Mrs. Lloyd, of Surrey, by trick can be established by force. two points. The losers had a Say that declarer leads a diamond chance to win the match by good from dummy when in with r::)A: play on the last boatd: if it goes Jack, Queen, King, East dealer South can the next round. Game all If the defence take their , they NORTH lose their trick. • J XX Had the defence begun with <.:?A8x three rounds of clubs, there would 0 IOxxx have been another way to make • Qxx the contract: cash + AKQ, then WEST EAST exit in diamonds, creating an + IOxxx • XX X early end-game situation . <.::! J X \j) Q X X During th~s round I aJso made 0 K9 8 X 0 AJ a note of a bold bid and resource­ • Kxx • AJIOxx ful play by Mrs. Moss on the SoUTH following hand: + AKQ (see diagram opposite) <.::! K 10 9 X X 0 Q x x North bid One Heart, South • x x Two Diamonds and North Three When East opened One Club, Diamonds. Mrs.' Moss now 10 . tro- 8 duced Three Spades, with her eye on 3NT, I suspect. Mrs. Williams' La Revue Beige riposte of Four Spades was a .du trifle embarrassing, but South passed with a confidence that Bridge should put to shame those sci~nt-

Un programm~ complet pour North dealer · Game all amateurs et experts NORTH + Kxxx Direction technique: A. Flnklesteln \?AJxx OAQx Abonnement annuel +Jx ( 12 numeros) WFST EAST 220 frs. belges + 8x • Q 10 X X \? Qx \? K 10 9 X X 0 109x Ox 64, A venue Louise, Bruxelles. ·+ K 10xxxx +AQx SoUTH +AJ9 played King and another spade, \?X X trusting that East had' no more OKJ87xx clubs, and so the contract was • . XX made. At the other table the 8 of ists who think that the foremost spades was led against Three aim of good bidding is to discover Diamonds, enabling declarer to 4-4 fits. make eleven tricks. West led a club; East took the Ace and returned a low club. A Quarter Final heart switch would have beaten There was a big clash in the the hand now, but West played afternoon when Mrs. Markus another club, not being sure who drew Mrs. Fleming, Mrs. Gard­ had the Queen. ner, Mrs. Williams and Mrs. South took. the force in hand, Moss. Mrs. Gordon was now crossed to OQ, and finessed +J. out of her sick-bed, but not in Then she cashed +A and led great form. The rest of the team another diamond to dummy. East (Markus, Oldroyd and Corwen did well not to ruff. Now declarer tl].roughout) played effectively on 9 some rather dead boards to lead fence Mrs. Corwen promptly bid by 6 at half-time. The lead was Five Hearts, which had to go one increased early in the second half down. Five Diamonds would in and it was not until the second any event have been a good sa~e eight that Mrs. ·Fleming was able for North-South. Against a trump to strike back. lead, clearly marked, it would be two down. . ~~ ·. West dealer At this stage of the afternoon Game all I noticed that there was a gratify- NoRTH ing aggregation of kibitzers. The + K x x x impression of great keenness cy> x x x' proved to be misleading, for it 0 A Q 10 9 turned out that they were refugees + x x from the Ladies' Plate, where there WEST EAST had been a mistake in the move- + A x + Q J x x x ment of boards. After the interval cy> A K J x cy> Q 10.9 x x the pretence that it-would all come 0 J x x 0 x right in the finish could no longer + K J 10 x + Q x be sustained and the event-that SoUTH session, at least-was abandoned. + 10 x "It was remarkable how well cy> x everyone seemed to be doing", the 0 K 8 x x x ·tournament director remarked to + A 9· 8 x x me affably. Mrs. Gardner opened lNT and The· influx saw Mrs. Markus after employment of Stayman draw away .again at the finish to played in Four Hearts, uncon- win by 17. In the other matches tested, registering 620. Mrs. Carmichael recovered from At the other table Mrs. Corwen a half-time deficit to beat Mrs. , opened One Heart, Mrs. Oldroyd Evans by 7, and Mrs. Forbes and

raised to Three Hearts I and ~Irs. Mrs. Schellenbe~g had comfort­ Corwen bid Four. Three of the able wins.

ladies were leaning forward to I enter this contract on their score- Semi-Finals sheet (as they do in weekly drives The evening session began with at the Women's Institute) when the presentation of floral sprays Mrs. Williams (South) caused a to the semi-finalists-a much ap­ backward rock by introducing preciated gesture from Reg Cor- 4NT. Despite her promising de- wen. 10 The draw was Markus v: Car­ Mrs. Oldroyd and Mrs. Corwerr michael, · Forbes v. Schellenberg. came in for the second half, and In the first match Mrs. Car­ now Mrs. lVIarkus's team played michael, with her retinu~ of Civil in top ·form, scoring 35 against Service players, created a surprise 7. Of the 7, 6 were lost when by taking a 9-point lead after 16 · Mrs. Corwen went down in a boards. Mrs. Markus anq Mrs. slam that might have been made Gordon, though missing one on the lead. game, did well enough against In the other match the Lon­ Mrs. Griffiths and Mrs. Mane­ doners were again down at half well, but at the other table Mrs. time, Mrs. Schellenberg leading Whitaker and Mrs. Higginson by 7. Mrs. Lester made the wrong were out of form against Mrs. final choice when she held as Carmichael and Mi~s Crqok. West! They stayed short of two. close • XXX but makable games and reached AKxxx the wrong contract when Mrs. ·ox Higginson held as East: +AKQx + Jxxx She opened One Heart. and Jx . rebid Two Clubs over the re­ OAxx sponse of· One Spade. Partner +Kxx x now bid Two . Diamonds, and South opened a weak 1NT, Mrs. Lester only Two Spades­ Mrs. Whitaker overcalled with an underbid. When partner went Two Hearts, vulnerable, and on to Three Spades West chose North passed. Thinking that her 3NT. This was one down; Four partner would have been more Spades would have been better, likely to double with a balanced partner holding +KIOxxx and hand, Mrs. Higginson rais~d to OAQxxx. Four Hearts. The more natural In the second half Mrs. Forbes call of 2NT would have led to and Mrs. Lester got nothing back the right game, partner holding: from Mrs. Schellenberg and Mrs. + K Q 10 . Jackson. At the other table Mrs. A Q 10 9 X X Macdonnell and Miss Coen played 0 Q 10 steadily but had . few chances to +lOx pick up points from Mrs. Car­ Four Hearts was one off; at penter and Mrs. Nicholson. The the other table a part score was Northerners held on to win by made. 2 points, so that the final was 11 the same as last year-Mrs. ingenious manoeuvre, the de­ Markus (with a partly different feated teams in every round had team) v. Mrs. Schellenberg. a chance to play again for the consolat_ion prize. Miss Shana­ Final Day han's team had its revenge against Turning to the report of last Mrs. Forbes in a short match and year's final, I see that Mrs. won the final against Mrs. Camp­ Schellenberg, though 25 down field's team from Sheffield by 32 after 48 boards, lost by only 10 points. _ at the finish. This year, alas, her Though both finals were lacking team was never in the fight. One in tension, this was universally can but congratulate the winners judged to be a most successful on a most efficient display. week-en~, with the weather bene­ In the L~dies' Plate, by some ficent to golfers.

Lo-ndon and th-e SOuth by JEREMY FLINT

This month I shall be writing West dealer about hands from the Tollemache Game all final, a notable clash, NoRTH an~ the Droitwich Congress, • QJ7 6 whtch, I suppose, begs a certain f\) J 10 9 2 geographical licence. 0 A 7 64 +3 The Tollcmache Final WEST EAST London fulfilled general · ex- ' • 8 3 • 92 f\}AK7643 pectations by winning all its f\}8 m~t~hes, as reported elsewhere in 0 K J 10 9 8 3 02 thts Issue by Harold Franklin. + 10 9 8 5 +AQ62 SOUTH However, the victory over +A K 10 54 ':orkshire was by a narrow mar­ f\) Q 5 gt? and tllis hand might well be 0 Q5 satd to have tipped the balance:- +KJ74 12 SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST Where London sat East-West No No 1\? the bidding at one table went:- 1• No 2• 3\? SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST 3. No 4. No Schapiro Rodrigue No No I+ lNT Dbl. West led his singleton heart and Redbl. 2+ No No East, C. Rodrigue, playing for 3NT No No No London, won with the King, Rodrigue found no difficulty South dropping the Queen. Judg­ in choosing which of his partner's ing that the hand could be beaten "suits" to lead! Both London only on the assumption that . North-Sou$ pairs did well to · South held the missing heart, he record a major-suit game and made the excellent return of a London obviously had a good low heart, so as to kill all the board. discards. West ruffed and re­ However, at the last table, turned a club to East's Ace. Now where again West judged that he East played \?4 and South could had a compulsory opening, the not avoid los'ing four tricks. bidding went:- The following hand illustrates a type of tactical stroke that is SoUTH WEST NoRTH EAST not uncommon among the L. Tarlo H.· Franklin masters:- I+ Dbl. 2+ 3NT No No Dbl. . West dealer North-South vulnerable No 4+ Dbl. No NORTH No ·No .AJ8 This unfortunately cost 900. I \/KQ92 left the post-mortem with Franklin 0 A J 7.6 still castigating his partner for • 8. 5 his arrant cowardice! WEST EAST Gold Cup • 9 7 3 • 6 42 \? 8 6 4 \? 10 7 3 N. Gardener v. J. Collings 0 942 0 10 3 This was clearly a match to +17 64 +A KQ32 watch. The Gardener team SOUTH (Gardener, Rose, Nunes, Rock­ • K Q 10 5 felt, Swinnerton-Dyer, 'Dormer) \? AJ 5 took an early lead and after 16 0 KQ8 5 boards the teams were level. But +IO 9 then, with Dame Fortune turning 13 her back on him, Gardener sus- there was no squeeze, so North­ tained a series of disasters. With South lost 100. This was a 16 boards to go he was over 30 particularly expensive mistake as I.M.P.s behind and · eventually the game was not bid in the other lost by 50 I.M.P.s to Collings, room. Apparently the declarer Crown, Hiron, Silverstone, Mrs. was misled by the heart peter into Hiron. Strangely enough, it was. concluding that the hearts were in the early boards that the seeded 6/2 and he might be the victim team missed its chances. This of an ir' he ducked a was a rare misjudgement in the round of trumps-however, for play by a very fine card player:- this to be so West must have ·

15 2. R. Crown, J. Collings, A. BRIDGE Dormer, D. Rimington. S. A. In spite of the comparative The National Magazine failure of my Neapolitan team I of South Africa should like to thank all those who Subscription £1.0.0 per year I · took such a sympathetic inteJ;"est Sole Agent in Great Britain in our methods. To those who . NORMAN SQUIRE 51 Neville Court, Abbey Road have asked me to write about,the N.W.8 system I am happy to say that one or more articles will appear (I) Forcing in the modem styl; shortly. North struck the unhappy lead In the teams-of-four final I was of Q. Cove~ up the North and confronted with an odd defensive West hands and try to solve the position which in a general way problem which is posed for South I would have thought all go~d later in the_hand. West wins the players should get right. · first trick with A and plays two rounds of trumps on which West dealer South discards + 2. He then plays Game all a spade whi~h North wins with NORTH the Ace. North plays a trump + A 73 \? QJ92 which West wins, South discard­ 0 9 74 ing a heart. Declarer follows + K 105 with a heart, finessing the 10, to leave the position:- · WEST . EAST + KJ8 5 + Q NoRTH \?A 7 4 \? K 10 3 • 7 3 0 KQJ 5 o A io 8 6 3 J 9 + Q2 + A 764 0 ·- · SOUTH + K 105 + 109642 · WEST EAST \? 8 6 5 + KJ8 02 K + J9 8 3 05 ·0 ­A3 + Q2 + A 764 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Flint Collings Triefus Crown • 10 9 6 10 No 2+ No

You will notice that West has hand (1) I discarded a spade- carefully retained a trump entry "Finita Ia musica." to his hand. On \?K South has Of course I was wrong and it is to find a discard-this is simple not a· guess. South should ask as if West has +Kx the hand is himself why has declarer played a lay-down, so South discards a low diamond apparently leaving club. Now came 03. At the the Ace in the dummy in this table I saw I had to decide pseudo squeeze position? The between these critical cases­ answer must surely be a lack of West holding originally: entries. In ·other words West I. . KJxx cannot have the King of clubs. + Qx The position would be fascinating or if West had hand (2) as I believe 2. • K x x that the small diamond play + K X X creating the illusion that he had Judging rather too hastily that not got + K would stand the best a Baron minded player might well chance ·of success- I shall re­ have opened One Spade if he held member that! 17 Shadow Teams of Four by RONALD BOWMAN

Improving one's game is a par result, and marked accord­ constant aim for those of us who ingly in I.M.P.s. If the par result want to reach our maximum is obtained, the score is zero. 1f potential, as the efficiency experts North-S~uth score 250 below phrase it. In addition to the usual their par, they score minus 4, and ways of reading, watching the East-West plus 4, and so forth. experts, discussion, etc., four of The vulnerability and dealer us have been trying out a method are taken from the standard cycle which we think offers a worth­ -of a set of sixteen boards, just as while additional approach. though it were a normal teams of It was largely evolved by Keith four match. The use of actual Stanley, who with his partner · boards is therefore not essential, Dick Green won the Field Trophy though more convenient and this year. giving the "feel" . of a match as well. Briefly it works like this: Some exampl~ hands to illus· We deal a hand, bid it and play trate: it as if it were in a duplicate ·'East dealer match; that is, keeping all four Love all hands separate by the usual NORTH method of pointing the cards to + A J 10 8 the side that takes the trick. At \?K8762 the end of the play, all four hands OAKQ5 , are exposed and analysed to dis­ cover what is judged to be the + - WEST EAST "re.asonable par" on the hand. + KQ7 • 6 3 This could be described as the \?A 10 9 4 'y>QJ53 . result that would be obtained by 0 9 42 0 J 10 6 four internationals playing flaw­ + 10 7 3 + AK94 lessly, yet not producing any So urn d?uble-dummy or extraordinary bids or plaY,s. • 9 5 42 \?- .The actual result we, four ob­ 0 8 7 3 tamed is then compared with this + QJ8652 18 would be made with an overtrick . ' sconng 450. The E.-W. in our _ room would thus score 500 aggre­ gate points or 6 I.M.P.s, and THE AMERICAN N.-S. minus '6. In assessing contracts, we make BRIDGE WORLD use of the mathematical probabili­ ties, whenever it is necessary, and Subscriptions assume that in "the other room" for One Year - £1 6 0 the·players will strictly follow the Two Years • - £3 15 0 odds. · Regarding slam bidding, · if a ' small slam depends only on one Sole Agent in Great Britain : , or is a 50 per cent chance at worst, we assume it will be bid Mn. RiD ~farkue in "the other room", and mark 5 BuU Man.sioue, BuU Street, S.W.3 , our result accordingly: South dealer Game all NORTH If we d~alt this hand (actually • 10 9 7 3 it is from the 1959 World Cham­ \7 A 6 pisacrifice bidding, infallible. But this is a case where it is always assumed that our four heads are better than one. shadow four will make the right A match can consist of any decision, and that they will achieve · convenient number of boards, and the par result. (We have a very one has the added .advantage of high opinion of them!) - always knowing one's "team" West dealer score after every hand. Loveall If all four players made no NORTH' mistakes in relation to the yard­ + K72 stick of this par, then the match \?Q753 would, of course, be a draw. 0 43 Quite, it never happens. . . · • J 9 7 6 The winners are · the pair who WEST EAST chuck the least., which_ is as it + QJ9864 + A 10 53 should be. \? K94 \? J 2 If it is desired to play - for 0 J7 0 AQI0982 • 53 + B money, then an agreed stake per SOUTH I.M.P. is the answer. So if you want to try this idea \?A 10 8 6 out, grab a partner, and challenge ·0 -K6 5 another pair to a match. You + AKQI042 will be all right, you can have, say, Reese and· Schapiro as your Over .Five Clubs by N.:...s., team mates. ~~:~· ~vtll sacrifice in Five Spades And your opponents can have e · We would measure our -well, they can have them too! 20 . Improve your game and enjoy the problems set by KENNETH . ·· KONSTAM. · every Sunday in the .

·\ . SUNDAY TIMES

CHARLES GOREN - the leading AmeriCan player also contributes a n1onthly arti~le to The Sunday Tim.es

21 • f I The Tollemache Final" by HAROLD FRANKL! N

First, the skeleton: . unsatisfactorily solved, and aggra- (1) London beat Yorkshire, vated somewhat in the play. plus 10; beat Warwickshire, plus West dealer 36; beat Bucks and Berks, plus 59. North-South game (2) Warwickshire beat Bucks NORTH and Berks, plus 11; beat York- +A8653 shire, plus 10~ y> 9 6 2 (3) Bucks and Berks beat York­ 0 J 10 9 7 shire, plus 26. .5 (4) Yorkshire. WEST EAST And now a little meat to add + J 10 + KQ94 to the bones.

New Sequences in the Culbertson 4-5·

by H. 0. WORGER - (1) The Delayed SNT when you bid 5NT on the next The late S. J. Simon said in round he should realise that you "Design for Bidding" that he could have bid 5NT at once and doubted if Culbertson , ever that the previous bid was an realised the full potentialities of advance . Since the 5NT his convention. Even Skid him­ bid confirms joint possession of self did not realise them. all the feature shown immediately over 4NT could not One potentiality that Sk_id be first round control. It must missed is what t:nay be termed the therefore be second round con­ delayed 5NT response. If your trol, i.e. the King or singleton. partner bids 4NT conventionally you know that provided you do So I suggest that in the not bid Five of the agreed trump sequence suit you will have a chance to WEST bid again. If over his 4NT bid IVJ you bid Five of any suit you 4+ know partner will not place 50 you with two Aces. However, 5NT 25 West, by bidding Five Diamonds of the agreed trump suit this and then 5NT, should be held to information might enable partner . have shown two Aces plus. King to bid a grand slam. or singleton in diamonds. Culbertson says that with an Another example: partner Ace and a the Ace should be opens One Spade and you hold: cue bid over 4NT, not the void. • Axxxx This is not really sound advice . <;?xxx If the void is in a suit of lower Ox rank than the agreed trump suit • A K 10 X it may be better to bid the void . You bid Two Clubs. Partner If partner has the Ace of this bids Two Diamonds and you now suit he will infer a void and no give him the delayed_game raise Ace and with such duplication of of Four Spades. Partner now values will probably sign off with bids 4NT. You bid Five Clubs. Five of the agreed trump suit. This is technically a sign-off show­ Now you can raise to Six on 'the ing no Aces but partner will have strength of your unshown Ace to return to Five of the agreed or possibly give partner another trump suit,. spades, giving you chance for Seven by cue-bidding your opportunity to bid 5NT. it. That shows that you could have If partner jumps to Six you can bid 5NT at once and that the bid infer that he has not got the Ace of Five Clups was an advance cue of your void suit and therefor: bid showing second round control that kind of duplication does not of clubs, which since you bid the arise. You now have to consider suit must be the King. whether to bid Seven on the strength of your unshown Ace. (2) Showing an Ace and a Void You must, of course, bear in A situation that sometimes mi.nd that partner may be placing arises is when a player, having to you with Ace of the former suit. reply to a Culbertson 4NT bid This is a better method than has one Ace only and a void: Culbertson's but how much better ~ften he has bid two suits and it would be' if you could shoW given delayed support to a third both Ace and void and still leave an.d is in consequence marked t h e option of the sma11 o r big Wtth a shortage in the fourth sut't b slam open to partner. . fut not with a void. Someti'mes There is only one bid avat'table I he c~uld show both his Ace for this purpose and this is the and VOid below the level f ank o ·Six bid of Six of a suit of lower r 26 than the agreed trump suit. Un­ ~. The ideas put forward in this fortunately Six of a bid suit of article have been submitted to lower rank than the agreed trump the Rules and Ethics Committee suit has already been assigned by of the E.~.U. and have been many writers, although not by approvec;l, subject to their publica­ Culbertson and his immediate tion in this form. To sum up: associates, to mean the Ace of that suit, since to bid Five· of such (i) After a conventional bid of a suit would be ambiguous or sign off. The meaning of a bid 4~T a bid of SNT by either partner, of Six of ·a new suit of lower whether made at the first oppor- . 't tunity or not, shows the apparent ran k than the agree d trump sm . . . t . f · all fi A · h , JOID possessiOn o our ces. h as not, owever, been generally An b'd . t d b th 5NT . d hi I . h y 1 m erpose y e ass1gne to anyt ng. t IS t ere- b'dd . - dd' · ai 1 0 fore available' to show Ace and a erd WI dsuggetrst an a Ition void. secon -roun con o1 . For. slams this· con­ vention may not be usable but (ii) Mter a conventional bid of for slams there may be 4NT an immediate bid of Six of opportunities for its use and an unbid suit shows that the nothing is lost by playing· this responder has an Ace and a void .response to 4NT, for it is other­ with first round control of the suit wise an idle bid. bid.

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Bridge Congresses are booming or more sections at each session. at the present time but unless the Your own views, Mr. Editor, powers that be are not very care­ on these points will be appreciated ful they will collapse. The non­ by many. · expert player is the life blood of H. ST.J. INGRAM, the congresses but there is a Famborough, Kent. growing feeling of discontent amongst many for two reasons As to (A), you know that I am at least. entirely with you. I gather, how­ ever, that some recent decisions of (A) The crazy assortment , of tlu~ licensing · comm(ttee are not sys~ems and conventions now entirely beyond recall. being used,· particularly by some of the leading players. Sooner or With regard to (B), it seems an later we shall hear that A and· B admirable move to restrict some play Neapolitan when vulnerable, sections to the less august ranks non-vulnerable with Baron of Master. No Tr~mp overbids, plus CAB * * * responses in certain circumstances or something just as complicated. I could not agree more with Some control must be introduced. your editorial (December) sug- (B) Expert couples entering into gestion of two (or three?) divisions the Open pairs, completely scaring for the European, so that the the poor players before the game championship becomes a test of has started. To remedy tllis I skill rather than of longevity and would suggest that the E.B.U. stamina. advise all congress committees to I am all against providing make one or two sections of open holidays with play for camp pairs events restricted to players followers and see no reason why who have not reached county any recorders are necessary; pro­ standard or have not more than, vided that curtain cards are filed for say, 20 Master Points. The other the benefit of columnists wishing sections could be free for all. to write up a deal. The actual Most congresses have four, five bidding can generally be obtained 29 NORTH from one of the players at the \ : J cost of a "double". • 10 5 c. E. HoLMES, y>KQ84 Newcastle-on-Tyne. OAK843 72 Some players would be ivise ot + charge more. SOUTH • Q 7 63 * * * y> A 10 5 I have found, I suppose, some 0 Q7 . errors in the analysis of the hand + A K 82 opposite from the January issue, where Jeremy Flint is writing I suppose so, too. There were about a 3NT contract, opening nine tricks on top and th~ spades lead, \/2. are not · entirely proof agaimt STJG WERDELIN, attack by West. Sot~th needs to Gentoffe, Denmark. hold QSxx. One Hundred Up Conducted by ALAN TRUSCOTT

February Competition A panel of exp~rts will answer the questions and the marking oft~e competition will be determined by, though not necessarily in stnct proportion to, the votes of the panel. ' The following prizes are offered for the best sets of answers:­ FIRST PRIZE Two Guineas. SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES One Guinea.

Please read these rules carefully. No competitor may send in m.ore than ?ne entry. Only annual subscribers to the B.B.W. are eligtble for pnzes.

Answers should be sent to One Hundred Up British Bridge World, ~ Dover Street, London, W.l, to arrive not l~ter than first post 00 1 arch • Some latitude will be given to overseas competit~rs. ' 30 Problem No. 1 (10 points) Problem No. 5 (IO points) I.M.P. scoring, game aU, the bidding Rubber bridge, game aU, the bidding has gone:- has gone:- Soum WEST Soum WEST NORTH Dbl. 1~ No 1+ ? 1 South holds:- South holds:- + 54 ~63 0 K7 + KQ98764. +105 ~!64 OA7532 +KQ8. What should South bid? What should South bid 1 Problem No. 6 (20 points) Problem No. 2 (10 points) I.M.P. scoring, love aU, the bidding Match-point pairs, East-West vulner­ has gone:- able, the bidding has gone:- Soum WEST NoRTH EAST Soum WEST NoRTH · EAsT 1~ No 1NT No 1 • . ? 1 South holds:- South holds:- +A743 ~A8642 OA96 + 5. +AQ976 ~7 0- +AKJ9854. (a) Do you agree with South's open­ ing bid? If not, what alternative do you ' What should South bid? prefer? (h) What should South bid now? Problem No. 3 (20 points) I.M.P. scoring, love ail, the bidding Problem No. 7 (10 points) has gone:- - Match-point pairs, game all, th~ Sourn WEST NORTH EAST bidding has. gone:- I+ No 1~ · No SoUTH WEST NORTH I+ No 30 No 1 No No Dbl. No South holds:- ? +AKQ8 ~K 0532 +Q10743. South holds:- What should South bid (a) as the + 874 ~JI085 OAQ10 + K92. bidding has gone? and (b) if North had What should South bid? bid Three Clubs on the second round? Problem No. 8 (10 points) Problem No. 4. (10 points) Rubber bridge, gam_e all, the bidding Match-point pairs, East-West vulner­ has gonc:- able, the bidding has gone:-:- Soum WEST NORTH EAST 1+ SoUTH \VEST NORTH EAsT No 1~ No 2+ I~ No 20 No 2NT DbI. No 20 No No 3NT No No ? No South holds:- South holds:- +AQ64 ~KJ OAKQ +AQ52. + KJ73 ~87 OK643 +A84. What should South bid? What should South lead 1 3I Directory of E.B.U~ Affiliated Clubs

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RESULT OF J.A+WARY COMPETITION

This was a difficult set, and nearly all solvers were defeated by problems 1 and 8. To find the club lead on the latter it is necessary to visualise the play, with a dummy consisting of Jittle but long weak clubs. - . Winner Ma.Y. 100 J. HIBBERT, 15 Camellia Place, Whitton, Middx. 91 Second C. VICKERMAN, Field House, Netherton, Huddcrsfield 85 Third R. VAN DE VELDE, Bcethovenstraat 14/IV Amsterdam 84 Other leading scores: Mrss W. · JEWSON, 82; MRs. J. GATII and G. K. RussELL, 81; F. V. KiMMENADE, 80; J. E. GORDON, and MRS. J. MARSHALL, 79; DR. M. E. ~EBER, 78; W. H. BRUMBY and W. L. WILKINSON, 76. December Competition. A winning entry totalling 93 points was received after the closing date from K. Reitscma, Tuinbouwstraat' 6A, Groningen, Holland. As this had been subject to postal delay, Mr. Reitsema will receive a prize of two &Uineas which will be additional to those already announced. Another good score in the December competition was: A. Bergson, 82. 33 .E.B.U. ReSults

CROCKFORDS CUP Round ll (completed) IMP P. F. L. Tottenham (Staffs.) beat G. P. Littler (N.W.C.B.A.) 17 J.D. Colley (Yorks.) , Dr. J. C. Macfarlane (Derby) 20 C. A. James (London) D. R. Freshwater (Surrey) 17 E. Leader Williams (London) A. T. Gunliffe (Middlesex) 14 Dr. N.J. Brown (Somerset) R. H. Chope (S.C.)· 24 Mrs. P.M. Williams (London) Mrs. M. Edwards (Surrey) 38 G. Fell (Yorks.) E. Burston (Derby) 14 C. H. Dodson (Warwks.) R. "flardy (Warwks.) 39 W. M. Lamport (Herts.) T. L. Hunter (Kent) 35 E. F. Briscoe (Warwks.) W. N. Morgan Brown (Glos. & London) 6 M. Blank (N.W.C.B.A.) I. Manning (Yorks.) 3 E. W. Crowhurst (Berks. & Bucks) J. C. Oxland (Somerset) 27 R. Preston (London) , _Miss D. Shanahan (London) 7 J. Field (London) D. T. H. Davenport (London) _ 8 Mrs. A. W. Easey (London) J. Amsbury (London) 2 J. Collings (London) , R. A. Priday (London) 12 J. Sargeant (Kent) J. 0. Parkinson (Middlesex) 17 Mrs. M. Whitaker (London) F. North (Sussex) 12 K. E. Stanley (Essex) p. B. Burrows (Esesx) 1 L. Tarlo (London) 4 E. White (Derby) ~· ~.e~~~~r~~~~ .c. B.A.> ~ Dr. M. Rushton (N.E.B.A.) Mrs. Campfield (Yorks.) 48 M.A. Porter (Warwks.) H. Shukla (Yorks.) 29

GOLD CUP IMP 9 P.F.L. Tottenham (Staffs.) beat L. Morrell (Yorks.) 19 M. A. Porter (Warwks.) R. Myers (N.W.C.B.A.) 58 Mrs. R. Markus (London) A. G. Jeffery (London) 69 I. Manning (Yorks.) Dr. W. J. Patterson (Yorks.) M. Williams (Kent) 8 J. Griffiths (Middlesex) D. R. Freshwater (Surrey) 5 P. E. Graham (S.C.) N. Jackson (N.E.B.A.) WO H. Lee (Yorks.) Scr. Mrs. M. Luxton (Surrey) 43 beat D. Reid (London) W. E. D. Hall (Warwks.) 34 B. J. Switalski (Yorks.) F. North (Sussex) 34 M. F. Saunders (London) G. B. Burrows (Essex) Mrs. P.M. Williams (London) L. Summers (Sussex) t6 Mrs. Gath (London) J. Collings (London) J. 50 N. Gardener (London) 34 N. R. C. F~ith (Notts.) G. W. Sutcliffe (N.W.C.B.A.) 19 N. Bergson (N.E.B.A.) E. F. Briscoe (Warwks.) 13 B. Hinton (N.W.C.B.A.) , J.D. Colley (Yorks.) 4 E. Senk (London) Dr. W. Spirer (London) 6 -A. T. M. Jones (Somerset) J. Parkinson (Middlesex) 5 E. White (Derby) Dr. M. J. Beilin (N.W.C.B.A.) 850 pts. after a tie. HUBERT PJULLIPS BOWL Round IT (completed) Points Mrs. H. Rye (London) . beat _L. D. Levy·(Middlesex) 2140 E. F. Briscoe (Warwks.) Mrs. M. T. Lees (N.W.C.B.A.) 1040 Mrs. P.M. Williams (London) Mrs. D. Brett (Kent) 540 Mrs. F. Gordon (London) J. 0. Parkinson (Middlesex) 1450 Dr. J. C. Macfarlane (Derby) H. Lee (Yorks.) 940 Miss D. R. Shanahan (London) R. Green (Essex) 2800 R. C. C. Gyles (Somerset) F. C. Keyte (Devon) 600 Mrs, M. Lester (Sussex) E. W. Crowhu'rst (Berks & Bucks) 1380 Mrs. M. Whit~ker (LoQdon) Miss D. Coen (London) 890 M. Bergson (N.E.B.A.) . M. Allen (Lin~s.) -1040 Mrs. A. L. Fleming (London) , Mrs. J. Gatti (London) 3020 E. H. Pudsey (Yorks.) · J. R. L. Thompson {Notts.) 4690 Dr. B. J. Switalski (Yorks.) S. Meggitt (Lines.) 90

Round ill W. E. Lee (Notts.) b~at J. Brown (Lines.) 1300 W. E. D. Hall (Warwks.) E. F. Briscoe (Warwks.) 450 Mrs. Webster (Lines.) Hon. Pamela Walpole (Norfolk) 1440

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP "the appeal" please arrange "soon". APPEAL FUND Additions to date: £ s. d. Present total £4,281 15 5 N.W.C.B.A. Blackpool Con- gress· 118 2 0 Target ... £5,500 0 0 Oxfordshire ... 52 JO 0 ·£4,281 15 5 Gloucester B.C. 5 0 0 Selsdon B.C. 3 3 0 Yet rCtJuired ... £1,218 4 7 Anon. 3 3 0 Mayfield B.C., Epsom 2 2 0 A. Cteverley ... 2 2 0 The Championship Budget witt shortly W. C. L. Smith 2 2 0 have to be finalised. If you intend to A. L. Finch ... 2 2 0 subscribe please send now, and those H. B. Howe ... 2 2 0 clubs who have not run an Event for R. F. Bland ... 1 0 35 The ·Proper Atmosphere for Bridge

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36 One Hundred Up

Conducted by ALAN TRUSCOTT

January Solutions: If you did not enter for the January Competition, try your hand at the problems on page 28 before reading how the experts voted.

The panel for the January problems feeble. The only defence of this action ·consisted of the following thirteen was from: experts: J. Flint, G. C. H. Fox, Mrs. PHILLIPS: "Three Hearts. South R. Markus, F. North, J. Nunes, J. T. would have raised hearts immediately Reese, D. C. Rimington, C. Rodrigue, with three cards in the suit, so should · R. Sharples, and N. S. L. Smart, all of have no qualms about giving simple London and the Home Counties; P. preference on two. or the alternatives, Swinnerton-Dyer, Cambridge; C. E. Three Spades is misleading on a band Phillips, Cheshire; and J. Hochwald, that can stand a variety of other con­ Yorkshire. tracts, while 3NT, if it is to be bid at all, will come best from the other side of Problem No. 1 (10 points) the table." I.M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding This is all true as far as it goes, but has gone:- the real alternatives are bids at the level SoUTH WEST ·NoRTH EAST of fo~r. The Four Diamond bidders are all satisfied that partner can now 1+ No 2~ No 2+ No 30 No · select the most suitable game contract, ? which may still be one of the majors. South holds:- This is sou11d enough, but the popular +AK8643 ~75 OQ96 + A4. bid seems to carry the same message What should South bid 1 · even more clearly. Answer: Four Clubs, 10; Four RlMINGTON : "Four Clubs. I had a Diamonds, 7; Three Hearts, 5; Four maximum rebid of Two Spades, and Hearts or Four Spades, 4. the Four Clubs bid will not only show Tire panel's vote: 5 for Four Clubs; this but will tell partner that I am unsure 3 for Four Diamonds (Hochwald, of the best contract. Partner may be 5- 5 Smart and Mrs. Markus); 3 for Three in the red suits, and Five or Six Dia­ Hearts (North, Rodrigue and Phillips); monds may be the best spot." 1 for Four Hearts (Swinnerton-Dyer); Fox, Nunes, Reese and Sharples all and 1 for Four Spades (Flint). expressed similar views. What stands out here is that South's There were two unilateral game­ hand is very strong viewed in the' light plungers. of the earlier auction. There should be SWINNERTON-DYER. "Four Hearts. a suit game somewhere, for all South's Partner cannot expect a better hand or P_Oints will be pulling their weight. A better hearts than I have, and my cards llmple heart preference which may end are in the right places. Partner should the auction can only be described as have a 6-card heart suit, for Two 37 Hearts showed five, and he is still asking SHARPLES: "Six Spades. To try to for preference. In particular he ~annot find out more about partner's hand by be 1-5-4-3 which would reb1d no bidding Six Clubs would be most trumps. If he is 1-5-5-2 I am not unwise. The Five Spade bid would be worried." an error of judgment holding first I would be worried about missing round controls in all suits. I am ready Six Diamonds. Also partner might be to concede ~ minor ace." 2-5-5-1, in which case I would be MRS. MARKUS: "Six Spades. This worried about playing in the wrong hand is misleading, because it looks as suit. if South, by being void in hearts and FuNT: "Four Spades. If we play in having a singleton diamond, possesses a a red suit there will be a shortage of much stronger hand than he really has. entries to use my spades. If partner has Partner could hold all the tops in the a void spade it will be unlucky." other three suits and still hold a losing These carefree rubber bridge players club. The fact that he did not Black· -always hoping that partner will not wood shows that he is much more get round to seeing what they bid on. interested in the quality of my spade holding than in any other cards." Problem No. 2 (10 points) REESE rejected Six Hearts because it I.M.P. scoring, love all, the bidding might be misunderstood. Four panelists has gone:- had more faith in their partners. SmrrH WEST EAST SMART: "Six Hearts. Presumably an No ace is missing, but if it is the heart we No No want to be in seven. Partner can No No scarcely misunderstan'd the bid-and ? live." South holds:- PHILLIPS: "Six Hearts. Hoping part· +K9876532 ~- 02' +KQ87. What should South bid? ner has the minor-suit aces. The one card he should not be missing is the Answer: Six Spades, 10; Six Hearts, spade Ace-if he is Queen high in 7; Seven Spades, 3. trumps his best move would have been The panel's l'Ote: 8 for Six Spades· a control-seeking 4NT or 5NT." 4 for Six Hearts (North, Phillips: The same view came from S\yinnerto~­ Smart ~and Swinnerton-Dyer); 1 for 15 Seven Spades (Rodrigue), Dyer and North ("but if ~Y partne~.. yawning then I'll settle for S1x Spades. ). Thi.s was a noteworthy, not to say notonous, hand from the Anglo-Italian Finally, very finally: f theY match at St. Vincent. Schapiro bid Six RODRIGUE! "Seven Spa des. I , Clu~s on the South hand, inciting Reese have an ace, it may not be cashed. to bJd Seven Spades, missing the Ace of You're playmg. t h e wron g g:une, 1 clubs. sonny. Hasn't anyone told you tha Most of the Pl\nelists considered that poker is now legal? grand slam possibilities can be neglected ~n the grounds that if North has the Problem No. 3 (20 points) nght cards his earlier bidding would '" t vulner· have been different. Match-point pairs, Eash.,es able, the bidding has gone:- 38 SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST The alternative bids were selected 1\7 No 1+ 2+ · with Jess confidence. 7 REESE: "Three Hearts. Always diffi­ South holds:- cult, but my principle is to try to play +AK7 <::/AQ8543 OA +872. such hands in the long suit unless (a) What should South bid? partner repeats his spades .., (b) What should South bid if East had SMART: "Three Hearts. The suit bid Three Clubs? strength is hardly ideal, but partner is Answer to (a): Three Clubs, '10; likely to need six spades to take care Three Hearts, 7; Three Spades, 5; o~ the clubs and a heart ruff as well.., Three Diamonds or Fo~r Hearts, 3. · RoDRIGUE preferred Three Spades to Three Hearts because he felt the hearts Tile panel's vote: 6 for Three Clubs; were not strong enough. Hochwald 4 for Three Hearts (Fox, Reese, Riming­ made the same· bid, and feared the loss ton and Smart); 2 for Three Spades of two clubs and a trick in each major (Hochwald and Rodrigue); 1 for Three suit. Diamonds (Sharples). The odd man out: East's bid at the 2-level, ·vulnerable, SHARPLES : "Three Diamonds. Pre­ should be based on a pretty solid 6:-card pared to take a chance on game, as or 7-card suit. So this is one of the rare partn~r requires so little in the right cases when three small cards in the place. · Both Three Spades and Three enemy suit is almost an advantage, for Hearts are unsatisfactory, insofar as North is likely to be short in clubs and they · may be passed for the wrong unlikely to have any wasted honours reason .., there. To force with a singleton seems SWINNERTON-DYER: "Three Clubs. I dangerous to me, for partner may be want to be in game-partner is unlikely misled about the shape of the hand. to have more than two clubs- but the problem is which one. Any other bid Answer to (b): Four Spades, 10; takes a more or less irrevocable position; Four Clubs or Four. Hearts, 8; Three but a case can be made out for Four Spades, 7; Three Diamonds, 3. Hearts, which does show a spade fit.., The pimel's •·ote: 5 for Three Spades: In view of this last comment, with 4 for Four Spades (Flint, Fox, Phillips which I agree, Four Hearts has been and Swinnertori-Dyer); 2 for Four given a consolation 3 points. Clubs (Mrs. Markus and Rodrigue); MRS. MARKus: ~' Three Clubs. As ·1 for Four Hearts (North); and one for the old-fashioned idea that I should Three Diamonds (Sharples). have first-round control in clubs has Will angry solvers wishing to com­ long been discarded, I would not hesitate plain about the marking please form to bid Three Clubs. No other bid can themselves into an orderly queue-and ~escribe the strength of South's hold­ listen. mg." Leaving aside Three Diamonds, the Mrs. Markus' maxim is "She who division is really between seven panelists hesitates is lost"-she seldom hesitates, who were determined to be in game, and a~d seldom loses. five pusillanimous gentlemen who were 39 much difficulty: the longer and stron prepared to risk stopping in a part . h . ~ score. As the five cowards, by sheer E ast IS, t e more hkely it becomes th t weight of numbers, can hardly be given North's bid was based on length ~ less than 7 points, the seven brave souls spades and little else." m have all been given more. ~he same view was expressed by The argument that North is likely to Swmnerton-Dyer. Odd man out again: be short and weak in clubs is now · SHARPLES:. "Three Diamonds. Choice strengthened by the jump to Three is now more. restricted, and one can Clubs. More important is the fact that only hope partner will choose between a bid of Three Hearts or Three Spades the majors to simplify our problem. will be somewhat discounted by an Over Four Diamonds bid Four Hearts." intelligent partner. When bidding under Thi.s seems to place a touching faith pressure in this way, Three Spades or in "new suits at the 3-level are forcing." Three Hearts may be bid as a competitive In July, 1957, a similar bid was deemed cffort·on values which would not justify not forcing, and I doubt whether Three the bid in an uncontested auction. Diamonds would be a comfortable contract. Respect for free speech, not to mention respect for the editor, compel me to give some space to the five timid Problem No. 4 (10 points) cowardly jellies: ' Rubber bridge, love all, the bidding has gone:- REEsE: "Three Spades. Difficult, and EAST one may well regret not having opened SoUTH WEST No with a-Two-bid. Three Hearts would No not sound strong enough now. One 2'\) No can hardly launch into Four Hearts, so ? South holds:- ~hree Spade~ is perhaps the most hkely road to game." +A3 '\/A109864 OQ65 +AS. B~t you can afford to launch if part­ What should South bid? ner IS up to the finer points: Answer: Three, Clubs, 10; Three Diamonds, 9; Four Spades, 6'; Four NORTH: "Four Hearts. The bidding Hearts, 3. has now become somewhat crowded for Three Clubs; and I prefer a simple jump to Fou; The panel's vote: 5 4 for Three Diamonds (Rimington, Heart.s which shows the South hand Sharples, Smart and Swinnerton-Dyer); has Improved with partner's spade 3 for Four Spades (Fox, Hochwald and n:sponse. If North feels like it he can 1 (Mrs· bid Four Spa~es safe in the knowledge Reese); for ·Four Hearts that dummy wilt be eminently suitable,, Markus). The nine explorers must get the top RoDRIGUE and Mrs. Markus reckon ratings, but unfortunately none of them that an aggressive Four Clubs is th offer any explanation for preferring o~c to pick the best game ~t w~y ~ minor suit to the other. To bid the suit mterestmg objection to tht's fi. came rom· with more points may be the beSt P~ PHILLIPS: "Four Spades Th . b'd · · e cue- to explore 3NT, while to bid the suit • IS now out, since bein b level of 3NT 't h g a ove the with more cards is slightly tess mislead· . h . 1 s ould guarantee control ing about South•s shape-although we m t e su1t b'd H · 1 • owever, we are not in are abandoning this objective once we 40 decide to explore at all. The panelists' expect North to bid Four Spades if he motives remain as obscure as the has a singleton heart and six good reasons for the different treatments spades." accorded to the lion and the unicorn. I feel Mrs. Markus would need aU Some gave them white bread: her well-known skiJl in dummy-play, FUNT: "Three Clubs. I have no idea and that this I answer would be unpopu­ what this means, but I would have lar with partners, panelists and solvers. avoided the problem by bidding Three She could perhaps escape from- the Hearts originally.'' angry mob by clinging to the unicorn's one horn when ' NoRTH: "Three Clubs. A waiting bid is clearly indicated, since South is They drummed them from the town. too good for Four Spades. Slam prospects cannot be ruled out, although Problem No. ·s (10 points) it may be difficult to determine just how Match-point pairs, East-West VJ.Ilner­ far to go. Three Clubs at least gives us able, the bidding ha~ gone:- breathing space." SoUTH WEST NoRTH EAsT Some gave them brown: 1\? No No RIMINGTON: "Three Diamonds. Mark ? time until further information received. South holds:- 3NT may still be the best contract." +K1096 \?A943 OA +A432. What should South bid? SHARPLES: "Three Diamonds. Four Clubs is a logical bid, but I would prefer Answer: Double, 10; One Spade, 8; one more spade and one fewer red No Bid, 6; lNT, 4. card." The panel's vote: 7 for Double; 4 for Some gave them plum cake: One Spade (Mrs. Markus, Flint, Smart REEsE: "Four Spades. This should and Swinnerton-Dyer); 2 for No Bid play. well enough, so why leave the (Reese and. Sharples). high-road?" Ugh. · I have given top marks to the It is true that if North has only a Double, but I need not pretend to like moderate 5-card spade suit he would it. This is a prize example of modern have tried to find another bid, even per­ theory crystallising along lines contrary haps raising hearts with a doubleton to common-sense. honour. But he could have a 5-1-4-3- When the game was younger it was or 5-1-3-4- hand, in which case 3NT recognised that a bid in the protective is,likely to be better. With such a hand position can be made more freely than North would not be strong enough to second-in-hand, because the known introduce his second suit, which makes third-hand weakness implies some sec­ it difficult to swallow the. argument of ond-hand strength. The craze for the last panelist: protection on ridiculously weak hands MRS. MARKUS: "Four Hearts. Part­ has now, fortunately, disappeared; but ner may have a weak hand with five it has left a curious legacy. Because a spades to an honour. · It is unlikely that bid of One Spade in this position may he holds a singleton heart, as in that be weak, the pundits have extended the case he might have been able to show principle by announcing that it must be a second suit· over Two Hearts. I weak. This limitation of a suit protective 41 bid to a range of three or four points Unhampered by the panel, I would certainly makes life easy for partne~­ have given all the marks to the possible unnecessar1ty easy. Neither an openmg alternatives, not excluding tNT which suit bid, nor an immediate suit overcall I have therefore given consolation are closely limited-but partner can points. handle the situation. It seems to me "Theory" was troubling the con. that no great problems are set if the sci!!nces even of the sensible panelists range for One Spade in this position is who !!voided the double. . fixed at roughly t0-t6 points-the SWINNERTON- DYER: "One Spade. equivalent of an immediate non­ One never beats One Heart the necessary vulnerable overcall for those who do 200 on this sort of hand. But any pro­ not make this bid on rubbish. tective action must be chosen to stop It is quite true that the modem style partner bidding his silly diamonds: so gives precision to any minimum pro­ I see no choice but this frightful under­ tective action, including tNT which bid-little though I like it. Of course, is' roughly equ~valent to a t2-t4 weak West might bid again and then we can no trump opening. But it does it at the double with 'fair enthusiasm-partner cost of seriously overloading the must read tlle position." double, which is left as a sort of omnibus There were two experienced votes for action to take care of a wide variety of ·a defensive stand. point counts and patterns. I see no REESE: "No Bid. The chance of reason why a double should not carry picking up a hundred or two from One the same meaning for fourth hand as Heart is better than of scoring well second hand: fair support for all the offensively, especially as the available unbid suits, and/or a very strong hand. bids-One Spades. tNT, double-all But many panelists are ready to follow their theoretical noses into obvious have drawbacks." trouble. SHARPLES: "No Bid. I am prepared for ~ majority vote for a double. But RlMINGTON: "Double. If partner's there is no guarantee that 3NT or Four response is in diamonds, I'll dig myself out." · Spades will be on if we reach it, whereas the penalty looks a cinch." What with? The. only shovel to hand is the spade suit, and that is a pretty feeble implement. Problem No. 6 (10 points) I.M.P. scoring, North-South vulner· RODRIGUE: "Double. Very difficult, able, the bidding has gone:- If Two Diamonds, take a view." SOVfH WEST NOR'fl{ EAST I suppose your view-taking 'must get 2+ 50 pret~y go.od if you regularly put your­ ? self m th1s sort of position. South holds:- 101 . PHILLIPS: "Double. If North bids + KQ743 ~108 OKlO + K1 dmmonds, we may (or may not) be in a What should South bid? bad contract." ·B.d 9· sN"f, Answer: 6NT, 10; No t ' • Thrifty as I am with my pennies I 8; Six Diamonds, 7. r. w~uld not object to a small wager ~n .n..rr• 3 lor thts. The panel's l'Oie: 4 for Ol, .. ' • er· No Bid (Flint, Rodrigue and Sw•nn 42 ton-Dyer); 3 for 5NT (Mrs. ~arkus, Hochwald and Phillips); and 2 for Six The new, tru~ classic of bridge Diamonds (Fox and Sharples). (Guy Ramsey in the Daily Telerraph) There were only twelve votes on this. North may have omitted it by accident, --1 or he may have thought the iptervention THE EXPERT GAME unsporting. by Terence Reese · NUNES: "Six No Trumps. If partner has a solid heart suit with all the con­ Edward Arnold Ltd. trols he will bid seven." lls. 6d. But we may make seven of a black suit even if the hearts are not solid. A \71104 OAQJ65 +Q96. , couple of shrewd blows at the alter-. +AK (a) What should South bid? native positive actions .came from: (b) What should South bid at match­ RlMINGTON: "Six No Trumps. Pre­ point pairs scoring? ferable to Six Diamonds .because I have not the Ace of that suit. 5NT forcing is Answer to (a): 2NT, 10; 3NT, 8; the ideal bid,' but it imposes too much Four Clubs or Two Hearts, 4; Three strain on partner." Clubs, 3. Believing that North can take the The panel's vote: 5! for 2NT (North, strain: Phillips, Reese, Rodrigue, Smart and · PmLuPs: · "Five No Trumps. We Nu ...); 3! for 3NT (Fox, Rimington, must make a bid that will ensure reach­ Swinnerton-Dyer and •.. nes); 1 for ing a little slam at least. 5NT has the Four Clubs (Flint); 1! for Two Hearts advantage, over Six Diamonds, of (Sharples and Mrs. Ma . . .) ; ! for suggesting that a club declaration will Three Clubs (. . . rkus). No vote from be particularly acceptable.'~ Hochwald. The clever alternative which some This was generally regarded as a panelists may have overlooked: straight choice between 2NT and 3NT. SWINNERTON-DYER: "No Bid. This is RoDRIGUE : "Two No Trumps. With constructive. The bidding cannot die in a little in hand. This is unlikely to be Five Diamonds undoubled, and there­ passed. If partner now bids Three fore a pass is forcing and shows some Clubs, I shall continue with Three values-on a blizzard you have to Spades." double. I shall be much better placed NuNES divided his vote on the system on the next round, raising Five Hearts point of whether 2NT is forcing or not. to Six,Hearts, Five Spades or Six Clubs preferring 2NT playing his normal to seven, and taking a double out into Baron, but 3NT if playing Acol. The 6NT.'' view that 2NT is forcing was not Problem No. 7 (20 points) without support: I.M.P. scoring, love all, the bidding PHILLIPS: "Two No Trumps. \Ve hasgone:- have the values for 3NT, but the lower Soum WEST NORTH bid, which will not be passed, gives us 1¢ No 2+ No a better chance of a club contract if ?. North is short in hearts." South holds:- MRS. MARKUS splits her vote on a 43 different system point. She chooses The panel's ••ore: 6 for Eight of Clubs· Three Clubs if playing her favourite 1 for Six of Clubs (Phillips); 1 for Tw~ CAB because it would then be 100 per of Clubs (Mrs. Markus); 2 for Three of cent forcing. Her alternative of Two Spades (Reese and Nunes); 2 for Three Hearts is adopted without comment by of. Diamonds (Fox and North); 1 for Sharples. This seems a safe way of Ntne of Hearts (Hochwald). exploring, for we can always revert to Nearly all the panel were of the clubs if partner goes mad about hearts. opinion that a club lead would be the The other minority vote: least helpful to declarer. FuNT: "Four Clubs. Expecting a SWINNERTON-DYER: "Eight of Clubs. 5-card suit at least with North. Five West has a bad hand which will provide of a minor will surely not be worse than declarer with few entries: he will , a finesse, and six may be on if partner therefore have to play suits from his is short in hearts." own hand and we should not do his Answer to (b): 2NT, 10; 3NT, 6; Two work- for him. A trump lead is too Hearts, 4. likely to cost a trick, and if there are three trumps in dummy we are not The panel's vote: 7! for 2NT· 3! for likely to beat the hand anyway. The one 3NT (Mrs. Markus, ~Fox, Swi~e;ton­ side suit that declarer cannot have Dyer and . . .nes); 1 for Two Hearts· much in is clubs--it is therefore the one (Sharples). certainly safe suit to play on." Most of the panelists stick their These reasons, which were repeated ground, but the match-point factor by the other club leaders, strike me as persuades Flint and Mrs. Markus to much more convincing than those put abandon their minor-suit raises. There forward by the obstinate minorities. was one other divergence: NoRm: "Three of Diamonds. A RI~IN~TON: "Two No Trumps. Slight trump lead is usually right when the overbJddmg can only be justified at opponents have not a majority of top I. M.P. scoring-and this will be accentu­ cards. If you can cut down dummy's ?ted when the new I.M.P. scale comes ruffing power it is often the decisi\'e tnto force." move in the bt.ttle for the plus score." But in this case dummy is likely to Problem No. 8 (10 points) turn up with a diamond shortage and Rubber bridge, love all, the biddin no ruffing value. If North has the has gone:- g Jack of Diamonds* your lead has gi\'cn Sourn WEST NORTH EAST a valuable trick. 1NT Dbl. Or Ax Axx, you will. be bclping No 2+ No * or No No No 20 East along. · I must say I think the assumption ~~ North's lNT bid shows 12-14 . 15 South holds:- POJQts. a club lead is safe and constructh·e superficial. West's bid means notbiJig . KJ93 'V'986 0Kl03 + 862 What should South lead · and East is very likely to bnve AQ or 1 Kx. This sort of contract is defeated orA;:r~''er: A clu?, 10; Three of Spades by forcing declarer to piny nwny frolll ree of Dmmonds, 4; Nine of H carts, 3. his Olm hand all the time. That is ,.by I suggested a spade Jead.-T.R. 44 WELSH BRIDGE U NION I LLANDUDNO CONGRESS April 13th- Aprill~tlz, 1961 (pre-congress events April J0-12th)

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REEsE: "l'hree of Spades. The most to have a quick entry for a spade likely way to establish a defence · is to switch." find partner with Ax or Qx; or with Dummy's clubs can hardly be good spades good epough to begin a forcing enough to be developed, so declarer ga!lle." will not be able to dispose of his spade This is certainly plausible. It would losers. A slow entry will do as well as be unlucky to find North without a high a quick one. I fear you have been spade. · infected by the modem craze for speed. HOCHWALD: "Nine of Hearts. The lead of the eight of clubs might give DUPUCATE BRIDGE STATIONERY-Score Cards, partner the idea that I am holding a Travelling Slips, Result Charts, Curtain Cards etc. Write for samples & prices, W. B. Tatlow, 2 doubleton club, and his club tricks will Roseberry Court, Uandudno. always materialjse. I would like him

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45 E.B.U. List Of .SeCretaries Chairman R. F. CoRWEN, 535 Otley Road, Adel, Leeds, 16. Vice-Chairman ... H. LAWSON, 1 Benett Drive, Hove 4. Secretary MRs. A. L. FLEMING, 12 Frant Road, Tunbridg Wells, Kent. Hon. Treasurer H. CoLUNS, 54, Cannon Street, London, E.C.4 Hon.' Tournament Secretary .. • MAJOR GEOFFREY FELL, Craven Lead Works, Skipton, Yorkshire. (Phone: Skipton.3032). Master Points Secretary F. BINGHAM, 48 Lordship Park, London, N.16. Hon. Registrars Messrs. LEAVER CoLE & Co. The Council of the is made up of Delegates from County and Area Associations, whose Secretaries are as follows:- BERKS. & BUCKS.... Mrs. E. Matthews, 10 Sutton Avenue, Slough. DERBYSHIRE E. White, Flat 2, 193 Station St., Burton-on-Trent DEVON ·J. Hammond, 6 St. Michael's Road, Torquay. ESSEX Miss M. Eve, 40 Forest Way, Woodford Wells GLOUCESTERSIDRE W. N. Morgan-Brown, S Douro Road, Chelten- ham _ HERTFORDSHIRE ... R. Martins, 26 Northaw Road East, Cuffiey, HerU. KENT •.• Mrs. R. H. Corbett, West Kent Club, Boyne Park, Tunbridge Wells LEICESTERSHIRE ... L. G. Cayless, Farm. Edge, Leicester Road, Thurcaston LINCOLNSHIRE S. Vincent, 46 The Park, Grimsby LONDON F. Pitt-Reynolds; 32 Highbury Place, London, N.S MIDDLESEX Mrs. J. Johnston, Flat 2, Redington Grange, 42 Redington Road, London, N.W.3 NORFOLK ... The Hon. Pamela Walpole, Tunstead Old House, Tunstead, Norwich, Norfolk, liZ. NORTH EASTERN ..• A. A. Deane, 34 Westlands, High Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 7 NORTH WESTERN Mrs. H. T. Halewood, 7 Mendip Rd., Liverpool,l7 NOTTINGHAMslDRE Mrs. D. M. Hopewell, Crantock, 480 Mansfield OXFORDSHIRE Road, Nottingham. Mrs. R. G. Beck, 1 Blenheim Drive, Oxford . SOMERSET ... Mrs. R. E. · Philipps, 30 Henleaze Park Dn\t, Henleaze, Bristol d SOUTHERN COUNTIES Mrs. W. Davy, Lindsay Manor, Lindsay Roa' Boumemouth STAFFORDSHIRE Mrs. D. M. Evans, 187 Tettenhall Road, Wohtr· SURREy hampton. uth. R. F. R. Phillips, 110 Banstead Road So SUSSEX Sutton WARWICKSffiim •.. Mrs. F. North, 18 Westboume Villas, Ho\'C 4 WORCESTERSHIRJi.• H. K. Cooke, 46 Vauxhall Street, Binnin~d YORKsHIRE R. D. Allen, 17 Riverview Oose, Wo YkSo Mrs. A. Cartwright, 146 Soothill Lane, Batley, 46 , E.B.·U. Master Poillts R€gister · Master Points Secretary: F, 0. Bingham, 48 Lordship Park, London, N.16 PROMOTIONS To Life Master: S. Booker; C. Rodrigue. To National Master: J.D. R. Collings; J.P. H. Richardson. To Master: Dr. P. A. Browne, C.B. (London); H. Cranmer (Leicestersbire); J. Dewhurst (North-Western); Mrs. M. Ellett (Kent); F. Hastings-James (Devon); Mrs. H. Jackson (North-Eastern); C. Kaye (Staffordshire); Mrs. D. S. Lamport (Hertfordshlfe); Mrs. K. ,. M. H. Neale (Derbyshire); J. Tarlo (London). LEADING SCORES . Life Masters: J. Sharples (458); R. Sharples (458); M. Harrison-Gray (439); B. Schapiro (380); J. Nunes· (369); Mrs. P. Gordon (366); A. Rose (338); P. F. Spurway (322); E. J. Spurway (314); B. H. Franks (314); S. Booker (310); J. Lazarus (307); D. C. Rimington (306); C. Rodrigue (300). Honorary Life Masters: L. Tarlo (283); J. T. Reese (255); K. W. Konstam (227); N. Gardener (154); L. W. Dodds (138); A. Meredith (30); J. C. H. Marx,.J. Pavlides, E. Rayne. National Masters: Dr. M. Rockfelt (297); M. J. Flint (292); Dr. S. Lee (290); . Miss D. Shanahan (284); Mrs. A. L. Fleming (277); J. Hochwald (271); I. Manning (260); R. Swimer (259); R. A. Priday (258); M. Wolach (257); A. Finlay (251); · F. Farrington (236); C. Vickerman (232); J.D. R. Col.lings (229); Mrs. M. Oldroyd (226); Mrs. R. Markus (218); A. F. Truscott (213); R . S. Brock (207); *G. Fox (203); I. M. Morris (197); N. S. L. Smart (197); R. Preston (192); P. Swinnerton­ Dyer (191); *Dr. J. Butler (188); Mrs. A. M. Hiron (183); F. North (183); *J. Hockey (182); H. Franklin (180)! A. Dormer (174); *S. Reed (174); S. ~laser 070); Mrs. G. Durran (169); R. Crown (168); P. Juan (167); J.P. H. Richardson (164); J. Bloomberg (161). · * Welsh Bridge Union.

CAMROSE TROPHY CROYDON CONGRESS RESl)LTS England beat Northern Ireland at Teams: 1. Miss D. Shanahan, M. Newcastle, Co. Down, by 4 victory Harrison-Gray, R. and J. Sharples; P<>ints to 2-two draws and one win. 2. Mrs. V. Cooper, D. J. Smerdon, Miss Harold Franklin will report next month. V. Bishop, Dr. J. Lister. Pairs Championship: 1. Mr. and Mrs. "Division 2" Trials P. Juan. 2. A. R. Rhodes and W. D. The first stage of trials for the Lane. European Championship will be played Mixed Pairs Championship: 1. Mrs. at the National Liberal Club on March H. Rye and A. F. Truscott. 2. Mrs. C. l8-J9 and April 15-16. Lane and J. D. Solomon. 47 , Diary of Events

The British Bridge World will be glad to receive for inclus~on in this· diary a note of principal events in Scotland, Ireland, and Wales-particularly Congress and Cnmrose dates. 1961 London Feb. 18-19 BRITISH UNIVERSITIES CoNGRESS 18-19 CAMROSE V. WALES ... Bristol 19_ ANNE REESE CuP FINAL K.P.H. THE FIELD Nat. Lib. Club, 25-26 London

E.B.U. SPRING CoNGRESS Old Swan, March 3-6 Harrogate 12 LONDON PAIRS FINAL K.P.H. · CUMBERLAND CONGRESS Royal Oak, 17-19 Keswick 19 MIXED PAIRS FINAL ... K.P.H • PORTLAND PAIRS FINAL Old Swan, 25-26 Harrogate

NORTH OF ENGLAND PAIRS FINAL .... Craiglands Hotel, April 8-9 Ilk ley MIDLAND PAIRS FINAL Raven, Droitwich SOUTH OF ENGLAND PAIRS FINAL Victoria Halls, London 10-16 WELSH BRIDGE UNION CONGRESS Llandudno 13-16 DEVON CONGRESS Palace, Torquay 21-23 LONDON CONGRESS ... Empire Rooms 29-30 CROCKFORD'S CUP FINAL London 1-12 INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE FESTIVAL Juan-Les-Pins May 5-8 GOLD CUP FINAL London 13-14 NATIONAL PAIRS FINAL Grand, Leicester 20-21 PACHAOO CUP Grand, Leicester 26-28 YORKSHIRE CONGRESS Royal, h . scarboroug 27-28 INTERNATIONAL PAIRS TOURNAMENT Vichy June 3-4 B.B.L. TRIALS (provisional) ... 9-11 KENT CONGRESS ...... Grand, Folkestone 17-18 B.B.L. TRIALS (provisional) ... Sept. 24-0ct. 5 Torre AbbeY, lilY EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Torq (Ample provision for spe~t~tors) · • Full particulars from: Secretary-Mrs. A. L. FLEMING 12 Frnnt Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent 48